Shade and curtain hanger.



No. 855,429. PATENTED MAY 28, 1907.

G. L. BREWER.

I SHADE AND GURTAIN HANGER.

APPLICATION TILED 00T- 6, 1905.

'[NVENTOR WWW UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GOVERNOR L. BREWVER, OF TERRE HAUTE, INDIANA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE- HALF TO PETER N. STAFF, OF TEREE HAUTE, INDIANA.

SHADE AND CURTAIN HANGER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May as, 1907.

.To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GOVERNOR L. BREWER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Terre Haute, in the county of Vigo and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Shade and Ourtain Hangers; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to hangers for supporting window shades and curtains; and it consists in the novel construction and combination of the parts hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a front view of a portion of a window frame provided with hangers according to this invention. Fig. 2 is a detail rear view of one of the hangers. Fig. 3 is an end view of the hanger. Fig. 4 is a plan view of the hanger.

A is the upper portion of a window frame of any approved construction. B are two similar hangers. These hangers are similarly reversible and adjustable, and the description will therefore be confined to one of them. Each hanger is provided with a bar C having a projecting pin 1) at one end portion. At the other end portion of the bar a socket D is secured by means of a setscrew (1. The socket is slidable over the end portion of the bar, and it is provided with a rearwardly projecting plate (1.

E is an eccentric clamp which is mounted on the pin 1) at the other end portion of the bar, and provided with an operating handle e. The upper vertical portion of the window frame is clamped between the plate and the eccentric, so that the bar is readily and firmly secured to it.

F is a hook which engages with the top of the window frame and which is provided with a socketf and a set-screwf for securing it to the said bar and adjusting its position thereon.

The shank F of the hook is preferably formed of two parts which are slidable with respect to each other to enable the height of the hook F above the bar C to be adjusted. The socket f is preferably a hook-shaped socket which slips over the bar C and it is formed on the lower portion of the shank F. The two portions of the shank are secured together by any suitable fastening device after the position of the bar C has been adjusted, and J is a clamping ring or loop which encircles the two overlapping portions of the shank F and prevents them from slipping.

The upper or main portion of the hook F is formed by bending double the metal plate of which it is formed, and the plate is then bent around at the front to form a supporting loop G. The shank g of this loop re-inforces and strengthens the hook, and the said loop G aflords a support for a curtain pole g. The shank g of the loop G is provided with an offset portion j to clear the molding at the top of the window frame, and the shank F may also be provided with one or more offset portions j to clear beads on the window frame.

H is a shade roller bracket provided with a socket h which is slidable upon the bar C, and which has a set-screw h for securing it thereon. I is a shade roller of any approved construction which is j ournaled in the shade roller brackets and which supports a window shade c' which is rolled upon 1t.

K are projecting points or jags on the hook F for engaging with the window frame. This device is secured in position without any screws or nails.

What I claim is:

1. The combination, with a clamping bar provided with a rearwardly projecting pin at one end ortion, of a socket secured to the other en portion of the said bar and pro vided with a rearwardly projecting plate, an eccentric clam mounted on the said pin, and a shade roller racket secured to the middle portion of the said bar.

2. The combinat on, with a supporting bar provided with a rearwardly projecting pin at one end portion, of a'socket slidable upon the other end portion of the said bar and provided with a rearwardly projecting plate and a fastening screw, an eccentric clamp mounted on the said pin, and a shade roller bracket secured to the middle portion of the said bar.

3. The combination, with a supporting bar provided with a rearwardly projecting pin at one end portion, of a socket secured to the other end portionof the said bar and provided with a rearwardly projecting late, an eccentric clamp mounted on the said pin,

a supporting loop for a curtain pole having its main portion bent double and forming a hook for engaging with the top of the window frame and having its lower end secured to the said bar, and a shade roller bracket secured to the middle portion of the said bar.

4. The combination, with a clamping bar having a rearwardly projecting plate at one end portion, of an eccentric clamp pivoted to the rear face of the other end portion of the said bar, said plate and clamp being arranged to engage with the opposite side edges of a window frame, and a shade roller bracket secured to the middle portion of the said bar.

5. The combination, with a clamping bar having a rearwardly projecting plate at one end portion, of an eccentric clamp pivoted to the other end portion of the said bar, a shade roller bracket secured to the middle portion of the said bar, and a hook for engaging with the to of the window frame, said hook being provi ed with a longitudinally adjustable shank secured to the said bar, and having its main portion bent double and having a supporting loop for a curtain pole depending 25 from its said main ortion.

6. The combinatlon, with a clamping bar provided at one end portion with a rearwardly projecting plate, and an eccentric clamp pivoted to the rear face of the other 0 end ortion of the said bar; of a shade roller brac 613 secured to the said bar, an adjustable hook for engaging the top of the window frame also secured to the said bar and rovided with a shank formed of two over ap- 3 5 ping portions, and a clamping loop surrounding the overlapping portions of the said shank and securing them together after the position of the hook has been adjusted.

In testimony whereof I have affixed my 0 signature in the presence of two witnesses.

GOVERNOR L. BREWER.

Witnesses:

ALBERT CATLIN, THOMAS B. MYERs. 

